Songs & Stories of the Carolina Coast

...at Ocracoke's Deepwater Theater on Saturday, March 12th at 7pm.

Bland is the Kenan Distinguished Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and longtime pianist of the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers. He has written eight books about eastern Carolina and collaborated on the musicals King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running, Diamond Studs, and Kudzu. He regularly covers N.C. rivers and waterways for UNC TV’s Our State. Look forward to a delightful evening of stories and songs!

Sponsored by Ocracoke Friends of the Library and OcracokeAlive. Admission is a suggested donation of $5-10/person to help support the Ocracoke Working Watermen’s Exhibit located on the docks at the Community Square.

Bland & Ann Cary Simpson, whose Little Rivers & Waterway Tales book is just out, will be at Books to Be Red on Sunday, March 13th at 2pm for a book signing, and Bland will be at Ocracoke School on Monday to meet with young writers.